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Escape room

Social Studies Unit 5 Review!

"A grinch is trapped in this house, doomed to wander it until it regains all its memories.To help it find them, you must first overcome all the challenges and collect the missing objects in your inventory.Explore the house and try not to gettrapped yourself…"

Introduction

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Many felt the land lottery system was a fairer method for distributing land.

Many discovered that land companies bribed members of Georgia’s General Assembly to pass the act.

Many believed it was unjust that the land was sold cheaply and later bought back by the federal government

What was the primary reason public opinion strongly opposed the Yazoo Land Act of 1795?

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The Cherokee had adopted European customs and were recognized as a sovereign nation by the Supreme Court.

They had a history of trade with the English and French and helped expel the Creek from Georgia.

The Cherokee had adopted European customs and supported the U.S. during the Revolutionary War.

Why did John Ross believe the U.S. government would not remove the Cherokee from their lands?

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It was the first private school.

It was the first private Southern school to desegregate.

It was the first state-chartered university in the U.S.

What is so special about the University of Georgia?

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A population shift from coastal areas to the northwestern region.

A population shift from the northwestern areas to the coastal areas

A shift from self-sufficient farming to plantation economies.

What does the relocation of each of Georgia’s capitals reflect?

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Find the key to continue

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Mothers and veterans

Enslaved people and heads of households

Heads of households and veterans.

Government workers and enslaved people.

Under Georgia’s Headright System, who was eligible to receive land?

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Georgia’s Headright System.

federal land grant charters.

Georgia’s land lotteries.

The Yazoo Land Fraud.

What system is described by selecting tickets from two drums, and the winner receives land?

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To procure resources for industrialization.

To enhance transportation for the cotton industry.

To reduce reliance on river trade due to Native American threats.

To bring cheap labor for manufacturing.

What prompted the creation of Georgia’s first railroad in 1833?

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The Trail of Tears

Georgia Washinton becomes president

The invention and widespread use of the cotton gin.

The 1808 abolition of the U.S. slave trade.

U.S. cotton production skyrocketed after this historical event...

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Remember these notes and play them on the piano in the correct order

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You found asecret message

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...Keep playing

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Start over...

You found a new item for your inventory

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Use the magnifying glass to search for the code and then insert it into the typewriter

Someone is there!

He died of yellow fever during the Trail of Tears march.

Creek leaders executed him for making agreements without their approval.

Rival tribes killed him over the land he was granted.

Why was Chief William McIntosh executed by other Creek leaders?

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Creek refusal to trade with Georgians, leading to shortages.

Georgian refusal to let the Creek assimilate caused resentment.

What caused tensions between the Muscogee (Creek) and Georgians in the late 1700s and early 1800s?

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Georgia’s leaders viewed Creek land as a barrier to plantation slavery expansion.

Gold discovery led settlers to encroach on Cherokee land.

Settler attacks pushed Cherokee leaders to favor relocation

Job competition led settlers to demand Cherokee removal.

How did the 1830s events in Dahlonega, Georgia, contribute to the Cherokee’s removal?

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It's locked...look in the inventory for something to open it

A briefcase has appeared...

You have recovered all the memories of the ghost! Now it can finally rest and you can escape from the house!

Congratulations

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